grant shapps is a- ointed jumping outside. grant shapps is appointed as _ jumping outside.ed as the new defence i appointed as the new defence secretary, and promises to continue supporting ukraine. tropical storm idalia leaves a trail of destruction after heading up the us east coast. hello, i'm maryam moshiri. welcome to bbc news now. we start in south africa, where more than 70 people, including several children, have died in a fire at a five—storey block of flats in johannesburg. the emergency services said the building, in the city's former business district, had been abandoned and was used by homeless people. officials said many bodies were found pressed against a closed security gate. dozens of people were injured, and rushed to hospital. the cause has not yet been established. south african president cyril ramaphosa, said it was a

grant shapps is the go to _ shapps and to you first. grant shapps is the go to person, . rant i shapps is the go to person, isn't shapps is the go to person, isn�*t he. he has been moved around very frequently between jobs. he. he has been moved around very frequently betweenjobs. he is a great survivor. he is incredibly political. one thing i think a question that has been heard i have been speaking to defence people todayisisit been speaking to defence people today is is it the right fit? ben wallace rubs a lot of people the wrong way. even zelensky the wrong way by asking him to be grateful for british help but he did know his defence policy. and he was very convinced about what you wanted to say. grant shapps, you get much more of a sense of an operator someone there to represent the opinion of rishi sunak. so that has been a bit of a shock but i have to say defence people really happy. the thought ben wallace was too outspoken and now they probably will say grant shapps will be too political. hat they probably will say grant shapps will be too political.— will be too

, which is that energy secretary and former transport secretary and former transport secretary grant shappsallace, who had previously said that he would quit and mr shapps said he pledges to continue to support ukraine following what he described on x, the website formally known as twitter, he said he was —— it was rush hour's barbaric invasion. you can see him there walking into downing street now. the vacancies at the energy department has now been filled by education minister claire coutinho, who has been promoted to energy secretary and net zero secretary. ben wallace, we're still looking at pictures of grant shapps. he had been defence secretary for four years and he a minister for secretary for four years and he a ministerfor nine years. secretary for four years and he a minister for nine years. there you 90, minister for nine years. there you go, you can see him walking up downing street there. he had played a key role in the uk's response to the war in ukraine. so we will of course be bringing in more on that developing story here in the uk. we do have a live page with plenty of com

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grant shapps moves over. seen as trusted, loyal allies for rishi sunak to have around the cabinet table. there have been options available for him to do a wider reshuffle, huge speculation of who is going where, lots of pieces of the puzzle to move. in the event that the prime minister does a major reshuffle,... this is going to be rishi sunak readying for the coming yearin rishi sunak readying for the coming year in the lead up to the next general election.— year in the lead up to the next general election. year in the lead up to the next eneral election. ., ., ~ ., general election. you talk about the aeneral general election. you talk about the general election, _ general election. you talk about the general election, what _ general election. you talk about the general election, what have - general election. you talk about the general election, what have we - general election. you talk about the general election, what have we had | general election, what have we had from the opposition parties for the anno

easy is the fact that grant shapps with a fair amount of political— shapps with a fair amount of politicalitical acumen and expertise and in the us, — political acumen and expertise and in the us, this conversation around american _ in the us, this conversation around american support for ukraine has become _ american support for ukraine has become politicised, as everything else is, _ become politicised, as everything else is, so— become politicised, as everything else is, so understanding the politics— else is, so understanding the politics of why continuing american support— politics of why continuing american suapori is— politics of why continuing american support is important, that is a case that we _ support is important, that is a case that we need to be made to republicans, because republicans are split on_ republicans, because republicans are split on the question of whether us support— split on the question of whether us support for ukraine should continue and what _ support for ukraine should continue and what level, and you saw the split _ and what level, and you saw the split

this was grant shapps . will... this was grant shapps visitin: will.... this was grant shapps visiting ukraine's last - will... this was grant shapps visiting ukraine's last week l will... this was grant shapps| visiting ukraine's last week in will... this was grant shapps - visiting ukraine's last week in his old job as energy secretary. this morning, he pledged that backing for ukraine would continue, but he will face questions soon about what exactly that means in practice. he replaces ben wallace at the ministry of defence. he is quitting parliament and chose to stand down from government. but listen to this warning in his resignation letter. i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get more insecure and more unstable, and after years of fighting hard for the defence budget, he added, we must not return to the days when defence was viewed as a discretionary spend by government and savings were achieved by hollowing out. the big ruestion achieved by hollowing out. the big question here _ achieved by hollowing out. the big question

let's see what grant shapps is made of on that. see what grant shapps is made of on dot. see what grante of on do we know why ben wallace >> do we know why ben wallace stepped down? >> he didn't get the nato job, but that wasn't the responsibility sunak, responsibility of rishi sunak, was done his time was it? but he's done his time and he's going to he's going to stand parliament the stand up in parliament at the next election. >> he going to be one of >> so is he going to be one of many who stepped down before many mps who stepped down before the next election because they're to their seats? >> well, he's he won't lose his seat he's got a pretty seat because he's got a pretty safe seat. >> but i think thinks >> but i think he just thinks he's been secretary he's he's been defence secretary for a long time. he wants to be nato secretary, blocked nato general secretary, blocked by yanks. he by the philippine yanks. he meant to be key allies and i think thinks i've i've done it. >> i think i think to be fair, being the secretary state for being the secretary of state for defence, with de

but let's get the grant shapps.e and security mark white security editor mark white joining us studio . she joining us in the studio. she does have a point. even though it's a familiar refrain, the deck chairs on the titanic and so on. he is going to have to get up to speed, though, pretty quickly, even though i think he's been hosting ukrainian families home. let's not families at his home. let's not forget . yeah, but it's a big forget. yeah, but it's a big in—tray . in—tray. >> well, listen, you know, he does talents at and he is a does have talents at and he is a safe pair of hands , of course, safe pair of hands, of course, for rishi sunak. safe pair of hands, of course, for rishi sunak . and i'm sure he for rishi sunak. and i'm sure he will get across his brief as quickly as he can. but it's a very significant brief at a very difficult time with this war raging on the european mainland. and with regard to that, he was very quick out of the traps to say that the uk government will continue its support out of uk

it is widely expected she will fill the vacancy left behind by grant shapps.ire coutinho has left as childcare minister. there has been a lot of speculation about when rishi sunak was going to do this, there was talk about the reshuffle even before parliament broke up for summer break. we knew there would be a reshuffle, because ben wallace, the former defence secretary, had said before the summer that he intended to stand down as an mp at the next election. the boundaries of his seat were changing, he didn't get the nato general secretary role that he very much wanted, so he announced before the summer but after a number of years as defence secretary, very well respected, a lot of tributes paid to him across all of the parties this morning for his work as defence secretary, but he said that he was going to be standing down, so it was always expected that rishi sunak was going to need to fill that post. grant shapps was not one of the names that has been in the mix in all of these weeks that we have been looking forward to the reshuffle. grant shapps was not o

so let's take a closer look at grant shapps' rise. mp has been a fixture in the upper reaches of the conservative party for more than a decade. he moves into his next post from being energy secretary, focussing on energy security, and bringing down the cost of bills. and while he did very briefly serve as home secretary, before the resignation of liz truss as prime minister, he is best known for his time as transport secretary, a role he is known to have enjoyed. he built a reputation as a reliable media performer, regularly sent out to defend the government during periods of crisis under the former prime minister borisjohnson. let's bring in katy balls, political editor of the spectator. i guess this was pretty much a surprise for many people who watch the political scene. what do you make of it? ml the political scene. what do you make of it?— the political scene. what do you make of it? �* , , ., make of it? all the signs were that rishi sunak — make of it? all the signs were that rishi sunak want _ make of it? all the signs were t

enter then grant shapps — the government's utility man has another newjob.t of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what is your first priority? first of all i will get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he is talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who had done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter he wrote: "i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get "more insecure and more unstable." he also said: "we must not return to the days where defence was viewed "as a discretionary spend by government and savings "were achieved by hollowing out." is grant shapps just going to be a political appointee, whose primary task if you like will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it is a huge pro

grant shapps has been at risk. grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary.hat follows the resignation of ben wallace after four years in the job. he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend more time with his family in his resignation letter, mr wallace says ministry defence is says the ministry of defence is back on the of being once back on the path of being once again world class education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing grant shapps shadow attorney general emily thornberry says the changes are just a temporary measure . measure. >> it really doesn't matter how many new jobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it's still moving the deck chairs. there's still a sinking ship. there's country really needs change and the only change that they're going to get is if we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government soon, police officers will be automatically dismissed if they're found guilty of gross misconduct under new governme

by grant shapps.urt hearing tomorrow in washington. this is the court building where we've got confirmation that the heanng got confirmation that the hearing will be at 4:00. that is washington time. that's about 9:00 in the evening. london time. but we still don't know whether he will appear in person or on a virtual video link, we assume from mar—a—lago in florida, although a lot of commentators have observed he's made the most of his previous court appearances . of course, court appearances. of course, that's to do with the concealment of documents, secret documents and alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels, the former star. she now calls herself . but clearly this is former star. she now calls herself. but clearly this is a lot more serious this time around . around. >> absolutely. and there are three criminal cases going on now against donald trump . this now against donald trump. this is the court that he will appear at at 9:00. our time tomorrow. jack smith, the special counsel, has sai

grant shapps is appointed defence secretary and promises to continue the uk's support for ukraine. more now on the news that rishi sunak has reshuffled his cabinet for what is expected to be the last time before the next election. let's the next election. go back to larissa. wejust briefly let's go back to larissa. we just briefly ran out of time and that previous segment but i went to pick up previous segment but i went to pick up on some things that we were talking about, ben wallace, a former soldier, his credentials are not just with the war in ukraine, but also as someone who is very much involved in terms of afghanistan, the interpreters, you've written a book about that. bring us up—to—date on what is happening there. i liaise on what is happening there. i have been campaigning _ on what is happening there. i have been campaigning for— on what is happening there. i have been campaigning for years - on what is happening there. i have been campaigning for years now, i been campaigning for years now, 2015, for the british government to change its policy on afghan interpreters a

enter then grant shapps — the government's utility man has another newjob.e first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what is your first priority? first of all i will get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he is talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary who had done the job for four years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter he wrote: "i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get "more insecure and more unstable." he also said: "we must not return to the days where defence was viewed "as a discretionary spend by government and savings "were achieved by hollowing out." is grant shapps just going to be a political appointee, whose primary task if you like will be to support the prime minister in cabinet? or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the prime minister. it is a hu

grant shapps's appointment here's a former chief of the general staff of the british army, lord dannatt grant shappsjust going to be a political appointee whose primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime ministerand cabinet? minister in cabinet? or is he really going to understand the needs of defence? if he believes that defence needs greater funding, as ben wallace did, will he be willing to enter that discussion within cabinet, with the chancellor, with the treasury, and argue the toss for greater resources for defence? because that is what the ministry of defence needs. for more on this, let's bring in frank gardner, our security correspondent. a hugely important job a hugely importantjob this, and it comes with really massive challenges, no bigger than what is going on in ukraine? yes. challenges, no bigger than what is going on in ukraine?— challenges, no bigger than what is going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's — going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's main _ going on in ukraine? yes, ukraine is the military's main effort, _ going on in ukra

enter then grant shapps — the government's utility man has another newjob.he first of many uniformed companions for grant shapps, as he left downing street and headed for the ministry of defence. what is your first priority? first of all, i will get my feet in the door and pay tribute to my predecessor, i think. he is talking about this man, ben wallace, the former soldier turned defence secretary, who had done thejob forfour years under three prime ministers. in his resignation letter he wrote: "i genuinely believe that over the next decade the world will get more insecure and more unstable." he also said: "we must not return to the days where defence was viewed as a discretionary spend by government and savings were achieved by hollowing out." this was a safety first reshuffle, limited in scale. i spoke earlier tojing—han tsung, professor of china and international studies at lancaster university. he reflected on how the new appointment might after uk—china relations. i think it depends on what kind ofjob you are doing. _ if you are more hawkish about chin

so i think to put grant shapps in the role right now has surprised some.er a couple of more issues. stay with us. stay with us here stay with us. we will be back in the next few minutes before latest headlines. —— with all the latest. hello there. low pressure and its weather fronts brought a rather cloudy, damp day to many central, southern and western parts of the uk. quite a bit of sunshine though across scotland and north—east england. as we head into friday, this area of low pressure will be weakening, fizzling out and conditions will be improving. as we head into the weekend, into next week, high pressure will bring dry, sunny, warm weather for many of us. so these weather fronts then continue to bring outbreaks of rain through the evening and overnight we could see an area of thundery rain move through the channel. may just graze southern counties of england certainly wet nights in store for the channel islands. further north, rather cloudy with some patchy light rain and drizzle. quite a mild night in the south but under clear skies in scotland. it

some have reacted to grant shapps's appointment with a degree of scepticism.nt frank gardner. ukraine is the military�*s main effort, but there are plenty of other challenges facing the new defence secretary. defence procurement is one, so in other words, the kind of securing the supply of new equipment, much of which is delayed or is running over budget. it's an absolute augean stables that every defence secretary has to try and grapple with. and i think when it comes to grant shapps, it all really depends on whether you want to see the glass half full or half empty. his detractors, of which there are many, say, "look, "this guy doesn't know the first thing about defence. "why are we putting somebody in there in charge of one "of the most important ministries in britain at a time when britain "is supporting a european ally in its war against russian invasion? "why are we putting in somebody in there who doesn't have any "military experience?" 0n the other side, that can be an advantage if the new defence secretary is prepared to listen to people. and he has g

grant shapps slow to respond. grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallace . resignation of ben wallace. after four years in the job, he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend more time with his family in his resignation letter, mr wallace says the ministry of defence is back on the path to being once again world class education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps shadow attorney general emily thornberry says the changes are a temporary measure . measure. >> it really doesn't matter how many new jobs rishi sunak gives to his friends , it's still to his friends, it's still moving. the deck chairs . there's moving. the deck chairs. there's still a sinking ship. there's country really needs change and the only change that they're going to get is if we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government and we get a labour government soon. >> junior doctors a

grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary.re he�*s been replaced by claire coutinho, who is now transport secretary. mr shapps succeeds ben wallace, who has resigned and is standing down from parliament at the next general election. writing on x, formerly twitter, mr shapps said: professor michael clarke is the former director of the royal united services institute think tank. he was asked how the the uk�*s defence community could react to the appointment of grant shapps as the new defence secretary. i think they shrug their shoulders and say, well, this makes no real difference. we all know nothing is going to change until the election and whoever is elected next time round will have to grip defence in a different way. and the fact is, you know, we have defence ambitions which are above our level of preparedness to fund it. the government always assumes that the public don�*t want to spend more than about 2% of our gdp on defence. in reality, the public never gets asked about this. i think the public might have a different vi

here, grant shapps has been appointed as the new uk defence secretary.sitions — including energy and transport secretary. he succeeds ben wallace, who has resigned and is standing down from parliament at the next general election. writing on social media, mr shapps said: as i get to work at defence headquarters, i am looking forward to working with the brave men and women...of our armed forces who defend our nation's security and continuing the uk's support for ukraine in theirfight against putin's barbaric invasion". some have reacted to grant shapps's appointment with a degree of scepticism. here's a former chief of the general staff of the british army, lord dannatt. the big question here is, is grant shapps just going to be a political appointee, where his primary task, if you like, will be to support the prime minister in cabinet, or is he going to really understand the needs of defence? and if he believes that defence needs greater funding, as ben wallace did, will he be willing to enter that discussion within cabinet, with the chancellor, with the

so let's take a closer look at grant shapps' rise.ield mp has been a fixture in the upper reaches of the conservative party for more than a decade. he moves into his next post from being energy secretary, focusing on energy security, and bringing down the cost of bills. and while he did very briefly serve as home secretary before the resignation of liz truss as prime minister, he is best known for his time as transport secretary, a role he is known to have enjoyed. as transport secretary, he built a reputation as a reliable media performer regularly sent out to defend the government during periods of crisis under the former prime minister borisjohnson. straight to downing street. our political correspondent leila nathoo is there. the reaction to this news, surprise? he wasn't one touted in the days before. ., ., , ., ., ., before. no, there had been a lot of speculation — before. no, there had been a lot of speculation as _ before. no, there had been a lot of speculation as to _ before. no, there had been a lot of speculation as to wh

grant shapps ticks that box. a new secretary of defence.. also with us on our panel tonight andrew fisher, former director of policy for the labour party under jeremy corbyn, and lanhee chen, formerforeign policy adviser to mitt romney. one important part of grant shapps�* brief — the south china sea. we have a special report tonight on the united states joint exercises in the region.

grant shapps's replacement as energy secretary is claire coutinho, a long—standing ally of the primeeady to tackle the global energy crisis, miss coutinho? it really doesn't matter how many newjobs rishi sunak gives to his friends, it is still moving the deck chairs. they are still a sinking ship. this country really needs change. defence secretary is always a big job but claire coutinho faces the tricky business of delivering the government's climate promises with some tory mps sceptical about the implications. taking a step back, this was a safety first reshuffle. loyalty in the prime minister prized and, yes, limited in scale. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. live now tojinghan zeng, professor of china and international studies at lancaster university. thank you so much forjoining us. i guess the war in ukraine will be high on the agenda, but also the uk china relationship will be quite important for his new portfolio. he has previously expressed mistrust of china while also saying the uk would welcome chinese investment for the right projects. 50 how do you see his appointm

grant shapps, who joins us now. >> mr shapps, it's always good to see you.l business, because i know you're meeting a lot of energy providers , energy, energy providers, energy, energy, industry leaders to get more investment to look at how we deal with net zero and things. but how does that tie in with what we've seen with these new licences ? because some new licences? because some people are saying, well, it might be necessary, but it's going inevitably push net going to inevitably push net zero back? >> yeah, well the answer is it won't. and yeah , you're right. won't. and yeah, you're right. i'm meeting today with a bunch of energy companies at number 10 who going to £100 who are going to invest £100 billion renewables . and billion in renewables. and that's great. everyone supports this country's transition to net zero. but you cannot get there by telling people we're simply going to stop using oil and gas . well, the only way to do that would be to tell people, don't put your gas boiler on, don't drive a petrol car and do that almost instantaneously u

minister grant shapps. government. minister grant shapps . we just wanted to take shapps.me of the other hidden motivations behind why some people might be opposing, frankly , not just the opposing, frankly, not just the bibby stockholm, but absolute everything when it comes to clamping down on the channel migrant crisis. and who better to do that than our home security editor mark white, who has got us this exclusive package , the first asylum package, the first asylum seekers should already have been on board the bbc stockholm barge, but once again, home office plans to place channel migrants in larger scale, more bafic migrants in larger scale, more basic accommodation centres. >> has been beset by delays and fierce opposition after fire service checks highlighted some safety concerns with the barge . safety concerns with the barge. the fire brigades union has now stepped into the row, claiming that the home office is adopting a reckless approach to the safety of asylum seekers . safety of asylum seekers. speaking on gb news today , the speaking on gb news today, the ene

, the gla, then in grant shapps, who was the transport minister was perfectly happy with the proposalnly they realised that people ain't very happy and they do a u—turn . i happy and they do a u—turn. i mean, you have got considerable money and there were political experience. chris are they believable on this in your view? >> there were powers >> well, well, there were powers identified on gb news to try and stop it, but i've been told by mark harper today he took king's council advice and told he couldn't do it. nigel so he did try and look at stopping it, but it's not rubber, it's true. it's not rubbish. no, no, no, no . not rubbish. no, no, no, no. >> it's true . article one, >> it's true. article one, article 143, article 143 of the gla act said that the transport minister could override the mayor of london if there were two criteria met the first criteria that it would be harmful to those living outside the gla. well, anybody living in a nurse living in kent, working at farnborough hospital, doing night shift, i'll be paying £25 a day that is injurious. that was clear. the first

the energy secretary, grant shapps , energy secretary, grant shapps, confirmed the move during a visitch was damaged by russian missiles. he says the plan will stop president putin from using energy as a weapon of war. india is hoping to make history by becoming the first nafion history by becoming the first nation to land near the moon's south pole. this afternoon . the south pole. this afternoon. the chandrayaan three is on a mission to hunt for water based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation on the satellite in the future. if the spacecraft is successful. india will be only the fourth country to have achieved a soft landing . you can get more on all of those stories. just visit our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> well, here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you 1.26, seven, $5 and ,1.1718. the price of gold is £1,502.39 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7316 points. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance repor

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grant shapps has been appointed as the new uk defence secretary.including energy and transport secretary. he succeeds ben wallace, who has resigned and is standing down from parliament at the next general election. writing on social media, mr shapps said, "as i get to work at defence headquarters, i am looking forward to working with the brave men and women of our armed forces who defend our nation's security, and continuing the uk's support for ukraine in theirfight against putin's barbaric invasion." we will have more on that reshuffle on the programme in about ten minutes' time. let's change gears completely. police in norfolk, in nebraska, pulled over a car for having a huge bull standing in its passenger seat. the car had half of its roof cut off to fit the animal in. the man driving the car was given a warning by police, and was ordered to take the bull back home. let's talk live to the reporter who actually found the bull and at the car and filmed footage we have been showing you. andrew, welcome to the programme. you couldn't make it up! ye

the uk has a new defence secretary — we'll ask how grant shapps will approach relations with china.ike a cock and bull story — we'll hear about the man pulled over for driving with a real life bull in the passenger seat. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the south african city ofjohannesburg where twelve children are among more than 70 people now known to have died after a fire in a tower block.

former transport secretary grant shapps is named as the new uk defence secretary.r moving up the us east coast. hello, i'm maryam moshiri, welcome to bbc news now, we start in south africa where more than 70 people including several children have died in a fire at a five—storey block of flats in johannesburg. the emergency services said the building, in the city's former business district, had been abandoned and was used by homeless people. officials said many bodies were found pressed against a closed security gate. dozens of people were injured, and rushed to hospital. it's been described as one of the worst fire incidents in the city's recent history. the head of the emergency services injohannesburg says the cause of the blaze is currently unclear. it's a high tech building an abandoned building.

, the gla, then in grant shapps, who was the transport minister was perfectly happy with the proposalnly they realised that people ain't very happy and they do a u—turn . i happy and they do a u—turn. i mean, you have got considerable money and there were political experience. chris are they believable on this in your view? >> there were powers >> well, well, there were powers identified on gb news to try and stop it, but i've been told by mark harper today he took king's council advice and told he couldn't do it. nigel so he did try and look at stopping it, but it's not rubber, it's true. it's not rubbish. no, no, no, no . not rubbish. no, no, no, no. >> it's true . article one, >> it's true. article one, article 143, article 143 of the gla act said that the transport minister could override the mayor of london if there were two criteria met the first criteria that it would be harmful to those living outside the gla. well, anybody living in a nurse living in kent, working at farnborough hospital, doing night shift, i'll be paying £25 a day that is injurious. that was clear. the first

and it looks like is the person. like grant shapps is the person.n there'll be a small reshuffle today. a minor small reshuffle today. we thought might be we had thought it might be a wider maybe. jack, wider one, maybe. alister jack, the secretary. he's the scottish secretary. he's been. leaving in the at the been. he's leaving in the at the next election in having a thought he might be replaced by owen stand on very good sources that he staying where he is that he is staying where he is so might be a limited so it might just be a limited reshuffle of a few posts being moved. all right, christopher , moved. all right, christopher, thanks much that thanks very much with that breaking happens next? >> it's beverley and andrew from half past nine. that's it from breakfast with eamonn and isabel for this week. thank you for your company and thank you for our record viewing figures this week since we've been back. it really is a tribute and we couldn't do it without you. lovely to hear from you. lovely to have you on board. it's the weather that warm fe

going to needit to need kits and we're going to need it fast and less imperative now, i hope that grant shappsl, is a great guy . as a fellow pilot, great guy. as a fellow pilot, i hope that grant will stick by what he said last year. he wants to see defence spending at 3% of gdp. well, i hope it is, gerald, because i mean actually you talk about putin, but i fear. >> i china more. i want to >> i fear china more. i want to say this to you. >> i share that outside of politics. >> congratulations on 50 years of marriage. >> nigel, how did you know that? >> well, there you are. so she must be very long suffering as all i can say. >> well, i couldn't have done it without liz either. it's no two ways about that. and also, she didn't politician. she didn't marry a politician. she married banker and. and here married a banker and. and here we are. but but, no, i'm very, very fortunate indeed. i've got a fantastic wife who has stuck by me through thick and thin, not least through that ghastly panorama business where. well, i think on that note , we'll say think on that note, we'll say cheers to her an

holding talks with major energy companies at downing street later , grant downing street later, grant shappsill emphasise the government's commitment to home grown energy sources and support for north sea oil and gas. he's expected to encourage them to invest in renewables and carbon capture and storage projects . a capture and storage projects. a home office source has told gb news that migrants will not be moving into the bibby stockholm barge today . we understand it barge today. we understand it could now be next week before any asylum seekers arrive. the source also says the delay was not caused by fire safety concerns. rather, issues surround the health and safety of port workers . us and the of port workers. us and the government is set to publish police guidance on dealing with low level crimes. the code will allow first time offenders who admit their offence to receive cautions instead of court sentences . offences such as sentences. offences such as shoplifting and minor thefts are among those eligible but more serious offences like possession of bladed weapons will be excluded . t

going to needit to need kits and we're going to need it fast and less imperative now, i hope that grant shappsl, is a great guy . as a fellow pilot, great guy. as a fellow pilot, i hope that grant will stick by what he said last year. he wants to see defence spending at 3% of gdp. well, i hope it is, gerald, because i mean actually you talk about putin, but i fear. >> i china more. i want to >> i fear china more. i want to say this to you. >> i share that outside of politics. >> congratulations on 50 years of marriage. >> nigel, how did you know that? >> well, there you are. so she must be very long suffering as all i can say. >> well, i couldn't have done it without liz either. it's no two ways about that. and also, she didn't politician. she didn't marry a politician. she married banker and. and here married a banker and. and here we are. but but, no, i'm very, very fortunate indeed. i've got a fantastic wife who has stuck by me through thick and thin, not least through that ghastly panorama business where. well, i think on that note , we'll say think on that note, we'll say cheers to her an

prime minister rishi sunak and the energy security secretary grant shapps are meeting with energy industrynounced they were granted more than 100 new oil and gas licenses off the coast of scotland, a move critics claim it would drive a wrecking ball through the uk's climate commitments. meanwhile, at the consumer group which warrants out the number of people missing payments on essential household bills is as high as it was over the winter, when energy prices were at their peak. it says 2.4 million households missed at least one bill payment last month, according to their monthly online poll said that many people feared their financial situation would not get better over the next year. live now to harry kind from the consumer group which, who conducted the study. why are people still struggling to pay their bills? we why are people still struggling to pay their bills?— pay their bills? we have basically entered the _ pay their bills? we have basically entered the second _ pay their bills? we have basically entered the second year - pay their bills? we have basically entered the second year

and so grant shapps , bless not.ps, bless his little cotton socks, says, oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna . oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna. but oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna . but but like, oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna. but but like, not today. well, you know, motherhood apple bring motherhood and apple pie. bring it he is being at least it on. it's he is being at least a bit honest, which is absolutely yeah, a bit unusual. otherwise sunak would bash him round the back of the head because he's been very, very firm on this point. because he's been very, very firnyes. this point. because he's been very, very firnyes. no, point. because he's been very, very firnyes. no, exactly . and the >> yes. no, exactly. and the office for budget responsibility , just in case you were worried about pennies in your , just in case you were worried about if pennies in your , just in case you were worried about if you nies in your , just in case you were worried about if you dos in your ,

. >> i think they and finally, grant shapps has been appointed as defence secretary as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallace . wallace. >> gm- gm— g years in the job, >> after four years in the job, he says wants to explore he says he wants to explore different opportunity and spend he says he wants to explore differitimepportunity and spend he says he wants to explore differitime with unity and spend he says he wants to explore differitime with hisy and spend he says he wants to explore differitime with his family. pend more time with his family. education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps. the this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to dan . dan. ulez is fast proving to be one of the biggest deceptions in recent british political history. >> london's failed mayor, sadiq khan has swindled the science to introduce use a devastating and destructive £12.50 daily tax that will hit londo

the uk has a new defence secretary — we'll ask how grant shapps will approach relations with china.d over for driving with a real—life bull in the passenger seat. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the south african city ofjohannesburg, where 12 children are among more than 70 people now known to have died after a fire in a tower block.

and when it went to the department of transport grant, shapps rubber stamped it through and now they'veanding for them in the mayoral contest saying, i'm against ulez , i'll saying, i'm against ulez, i'll get rid of it. even on this , get rid of it. even on this, there's not great clarity, is there, or not great difference, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 betweenat difference, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 between the fference, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 between the two�*nce, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 between the two parties frankly, between the two parties and the extra point to that , and the extra point to that, nigel, is that mark harper has not stopped it. >> i mean, he has got in theory , some form of legal right to do so. as you revealed on your programme last week, he's not doing it. he's been told he can't do it by government lawyers, therefore can't lawyers, therefore he can't spend money spend taxpayers money doing something has prospect something which has no prospect of it may of success, even though it may have delayed the expansion

look at the 6 billion being spent by the uk charging industry and grant shapps wanted me to tell youry would have gone to spain had we not had those targets. so this is this is just a false narrative. we can be massively competitive on the global scale if we've got this certainty. and investors know know that we're going to make our motor industry world leading . and 80% nigel of world leading. and 80% nigel of the car make in this country go to europe a third of the cars off the production line so far in 2023 have been electrified . in 2023 have been electrified. if you want to wipe that all away and surrender the market to the chinese , that's what will the chinese, that's what will happen so well, i worry about pricing. >> i worry about pricing. but practical question this summer , practical question this summer, the first time in years we had to fire up coal fired power stations. we had to do it because we have a massive reliance over reliance on wind . reliance over reliance on wind. where is the electricity going to come from by 2030 for all of these cars ? these cars? >> well,

and when it went to the department of transport grant, shapps rubber stamped it through and now they'veanding for them in the mayoral contest saying, i'm against ulez , i'll saying, i'm against ulez, i'll get rid of it. even on this , get rid of it. even on this, there's not great clarity, is there, or not great difference, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 betweenat difference, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 between the fference, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 between the two�*nce, there's not great clarity, is there, 0 between the two parties frankly, between the two parties and the extra point to that , and the extra point to that, nigel, is that mark harper has not stopped it. >> i mean, he has got in theory , some form of legal right to do so. as you revealed on your programme last week, he's not doing it. he's been told he can't do it by government lawyers, therefore can't lawyers, therefore he can't spend money spend taxpayers money doing something has prospect something which has no prospect of it may of success, even though it may have delayed the expansion

. >> think they grant shapps has >> i think they grant shapps has been appointed new been appointed as the new defence following defence secretary following the resignation ben wallace after resignation of ben wallace after four years in the job. >> says wants to explore >> he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend with family spend more time with his family . education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary replace shapps. and net zero secretary replace shapps . this is gb news across shapps. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's time for headliners as i >> -- >> hello and welcome to headliners. your first look at friday's newspapers . i'm andrew friday's newspapers. i'm andrew doyle and joining me tonight are josh howie fresh from the big apple and nik dixon. >> well—worn from north london. >> well—worn from north london. >> how are you both ? you have >> how are you both? you have beenin >> how are you both? you have be

look at the 6 billion being spent by the uk charging industry and grant shapps wanted me to tell you have gone to spain had we not had those targets. so this is this is just a false narrative. we can be massively competitive on the global scale if we've got this certainty. and investors know know that we're going to make our motor industry world leading . and 80% nigel of world leading. and 80% nigel of the car make in this country go to europe a third of the cars off the production line so far in 2023 have been electrified . in 2023 have been electrified. if you want to wipe that all away and surrender the market to the chinese , that's what will the chinese, that's what will happen so well, i worry about pricing. >> i worry about pricing. but practical question this summer , practical question this summer, the first time in years we had to fire up coal fired power stations. we had to do it because we have a massive reliance over reliance on wind . reliance over reliance on wind. where is the electricity going to come from by 2030 for all of these cars ? these cars? >> well, look, w

says it'll guarantee a finance deal for ukraine to buy nuclear fuel — british energy minister grant shapps russian air strikes last winter — making it more reliant on its ageing nuclear power stations — which supplied about half the country's power before the war. thailand's former prime minister — thaksin shinawatra — who returned home from 15 years of voluntary exile on tuesday — has been moved out of prison to a civilian hospital. it comes just hours after a court sentenced him to eight years injail on corruption charges. the prison authorities said he had underlying health issues. australian scientists say they've discovered a way to make concrete from coffee. they used decomposing coffee grounds to make methane which if heated without oxygen — turned into a substance similar to charcoal. that could then replace part of the sand required to make concrete. the new material will be almost a third stronger than normal concrete. you're live with bbc news. surgeons have successfully carried out a womb transplant. live now to our medical editor, fergus walsh. a patient had hysterectomy due t

prime minister rishi sunak and the energy security secretary grant shapps will meet energy industry leadersn the uk's energy independence. the meeting follows monday's announcement about new north sea oil and gas licensing, alongside support for two further carbon capture and storage projects. ministers will meet the heads of shell, bp and other big uk energy players in downing street. we're nowjoined by richard black, senior associate at the energy & climate intelligence unit. what are they hoping to achieve today? i what are they hoping to achieve toda ? ~ , ., , today? i think it is largely performance _ today? i think it is largely performance politics, - today? i think it is largely performance politics, to l today? i think it is largely. performance politics, to be honest, i don't think it has much to do with energy security because there are already many meetings and conversations that happened between the business department and energy companies and they are commercial enterprises and do whatever they see is in the interest of shareholders and i think in normal circumstances is gove